Man smacks neighbor, faces battery charge, lawmen say

A man faces a battery charge after he hit another man in the head twice, according to an arrest report.

STAFF REPORTS / Daily News

CRESTVIEW – A man faces a battery charge after he hit another man in the head twice, according to an arrest report.

The man, 55-year-old Jack Avery Barr of Crestview, is accused of hitting another man during a disturbance at Hill Top Mobile Home Park.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says the man went to Barr’s trailer, got his son, and took him to his own trailer. Barr allegedly left his trailer, went to the apparent victim’s trailer and struck him twice, once with an open hand and once with a closed fist, the deputy wrote in the report.

What led to the confrontation wasn’t described.

Barr refused to give a statement, but the apparent victim did and wanted to press charges. Witnesses confirmed his side of the story.

Barr was found to have a previous conviction on battery and was charged with battery second or subsequent offense.